Category: Hockey Night in Canada
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Habs Take Game 7 From Tampa Behind Dobeš and Nine Shots
Habs Game 7 win in Tampa rewrote the playoff record book. Nine shots. One Newhook goal. Twenty-eight Dobeš saves. Buffalo next, on Wednesday in Buffalo.
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Gretzky, Orr, and the Collapse of the Hockey Saint
Wayne Gretzky and Bobby Orr’s Trump backlash exposed how Canada’s hockey saints were always political, branded, and vulnerable to capital.
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Why the Auston Matthews Trump Backlash Was Inevitable
Auston Matthews’ White House visit triggered backlash not because of Trump alone, but because fans mistake elite athletes for moral proxies inside state spectacle.
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Why Canada’s Olympic Loss to the U.S. Hurt So Much
Canada’s Olympic loss to the U.S. exposed the same national anxiety McDavid once relieved, proving hockey carries emotional weight win or lose.
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Canada handles Slovakia and advances without drama
A controlled quarterfinal win showed Canada could stay patient, deny chaos, and survive elimination hockey without needing noise or heroics.
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Canada beats Finland 7–4 on New Year’s Eve
Why Canada vs Finland on New Year’s Eve defined the group, shaped the bracket, and quietly exposed the margins that would decide everything.
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Ron MacLean Repeats Columbus Myth on Hockey Night
Ron MacLean’s Columbus remark repeats a colonial myth disproven by UNESCO, historians, and the TRC, revealing how national media still distort Indigenous history.
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Why McDavid’s Overtime Goal Felt Like National Relief
Connor McDavid’s overtime goal revealed how hockey carries Canada’s unresolved nationalism, turning a win over the U.S. into collective relief.
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